Question 1

Who is the NARRATOR of the story?

Accepted Answer

Sarah Jean

Answer

Jedediah Johnson

Answer

Uncle Jeb

Answer

Mr. Lopez

Question 2

Why did Uncle Jeb come to the house?

Accepted Answer

To cut Sarah's father's hair and her brother's hair

Answer

To help repair the house

Answer

To eat dinner

Answer

To visit with family

Question 3

Did Sarah Jean get her hair cut?

Accepted Answer

No

Answer

Yes

Question 4

Why didn't Sarah Jean get her hair cut?

Accepted Answer

Her mother wouldn't let her

Answer

She was too shy to ask to get her hair cut

Answer

She just had her hair cut

Answer

She didn't want her hair cut

Question 5

What was Uncle Jeb's savings goal?

Accepted Answer

His own barbershop

Answer

A House

Answer

A New Car

Answer

Surgery for Sarah Jean

Question 6

How much was the surgery?

Accepted Answer

$300

Answer

$10,000

Answer

$3.00

Answer

Free

Question 7

$300 was a lot of money then.  How much money would that be today?

Accepted Answer

$8321

Answer

$945

Answer

$1000

Answer

$300

Question 8

What was Uncle Jeb's opportunity cost?

Accepted Answer

Saving Sarah Jean's life over having his own barbershop

Answer

$300

Answer

Being a sharecropper rather than a barber

Answer

Living with Sarah Jean's family and owning his own barbershop

Question 9

How did Uncle Jeb loose his $3000?

Accepted Answer

The bank failed

Answer

He spent it on Sarah Jean's surgery

Answer

He spent it all

Answer

He bought a house

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